This poem satirizes the monarch of Wei State, and is generally believed to refer to Duke Xuangong of Wei.
I believe everyone has discovered that when it comes to Wei Guo, the person Wei Xuangong cannot be bypassed. It can be said that it is precisely because of the debauched monarch like Wei Xuangong that the Wei Kingdom declined from generation to generation and became a small and unknown country among other countries.
In the first section, "The quails are running, and the magpies are strong. People are unscrupulous, and I think they are brothers!" The quails run in pairs, and the magpies fly in pairs. This man is really not very good, why do you treat him as your brother?
In the second verse, "The magpies are strong, and the quails are running. The unscrupulous people, I think you are the king!" The magpies fly in pairs, and the quails jump in pairs. This person is really not very good, why treat him as a king!
Quail, that is, quail. Benben, "Benben" in "Zuo Zhuan", has the same pronunciation as "Ben Ben", meaning jumping and running; "Zheng Jian" believes that "it is said that there are always horses when they live, and they fly with each other." Magpie, magpie. Qiang (qiáng) Qiang, as "Jiang Jiang" in "Book of Rites", has the same pronunciation as "Jiang Jiang", meaning to fly gracefully. Ben Ben and Qiang Qiang both describe the way quails and magpies have companions in daily life and get up to accompany them when flying.
Unscrupulous and unkind. It is said that "I" is a borrowed word from "He", and the ancient pronunciation of "I" and "He" are similar. One sound changes; one says it is a personal pronoun. Brother, not the actual meaning, but in the context at that time, it also meant "father and brother", that is, the patriarch of the family, and by extension the king of a country. Jun, monarch.
The poet uses the idea of ??quails and magpies, each of which has its own match, and thrives together, criticizing the monarch's scandalous behavior of neglecting ethics, and believes that he is not qualified to be the monarch and "head of the family" who defends the country.
The 49th chapter of the Book of Songs, the 49th chapter in total.